Metallic railway-tie.



PATENTED NOV. 17, 1903; I R. BLACK. METALLIC RAILWAY TIE;

APPLICATION FILED APR. 29, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

' Patented November 17, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD BLACK, OF CANONSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

V M ETALLIC RAILWAY-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 744,285, dated November 17, 1903.

Application filed April 29, 1903- Serial No. 154,785. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I,RIOHARD BLACK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canonsburg, in the county of Washington and State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Metallic Railway-Ties, of which improvement the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the construction of railway-tracks or permanentways; and it consists of an improved construction in a metallic tie which acts as the support of the rail and will be more fully set forth hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, letters of reference designate like parts throughout the several views, in which- Figure 1 is a top view of a section of a railway-track, showing the rails as affixed to my improved tie. Fig. 2 is a side view of one of my forms of railway-tie, showing a sectional 7 These ties are to be laid in the usual way,

on the road-bed, every other tie being reversed, so that the rails will be braced on the outside and inside alternately. After the rails have become firmly seated in the recesses or chairs provided for them the ties may then be moved in such a manner as to bring the brace portions C and D firmly in contact with the web and base of the rail, and when properly adjusted the ties may be permanently embedded in the road-bed, and a firm and rigid track will be had without the use of nuts, bolts, or fish-plates.

The cut-out portion (1 at one end of the tie is for the admission of the rail to the chair (1.

Having thus fully shown and described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to 

